The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-11

4 Paper Read neGoge ~ Commonwealth
Club az New Yogk. showing How b
wheels a rar>y Machinery are Kept
Oiled. with : list - some Who Have
Fnrnashed = Lubrlcaat.
NEW YoRK, March 2-The Common
wealth Club dincd, including 10 guests,
two hundred strong, - tho Metropolitan
Hotel Monday night. City Chamberlain
VIM. ~ WINS read = paper on the use Of
money In elections, In which he present
"a some queer statements. These were
somc Of thcm: The legal machinery Of
elections in this city involves . total ex-
penditufe Of t2o1, 900 In an average year.,
and at least el,0oQ0oo 10 added 70 this in
presidential years. This fund Of o-9i.oO
y practically used, II not 20 purchase, at
least 70 assure and guarantees the vote Of
~ least ten persons for each election dis
trict
The election districts will average
about three hundred voters, 50 that three
per cent. Of tho voters, - q minimum,
accordance with the provisions Of law. .
oficers OF the law. and the election dis
trict leaders sec that they are the frst
men to vote and 70 vote right. The dis
trict leaders, at the rate Of four for each
- 49,
ONCE holders whose names are on the pay
rolls OF the city. The different machines
for the purpose Of securing their services
In perpetutv get the city to pay them as
city employees.
trict leaders last year $4,000, or an aver
age Of q, $50 for each Of the seventy-two
leaders- This estimate includes the es-
tfuoofnI forrwoo ~ tko ~o~toto~sa Me- ~
100000. II 10 low. however. . feed oficc.
yielding only el2. loo . year 70 its chief.
The amount which ID new being actually
received by these leaders from the public
treasury Is e232,O0 OF this Tammany
Hall gets $4,000. the County Democracy
$4,000. and the Republicans the
rest. In each case the amount re-
ceived IL divided among the district
leaders and e75,0 900 m ore goes 70 captains.
heelers, followers and hangers-on. To
meet these latter expenses the county
clerk, register and other candidates for
ONCE, have TO pay large assessments 70
their party and constituencies The
county clerk and register have got on
cheap when they paid $4,000 70 $4,000,
and besides gave ONCE 10 certain retain
ers. In addition, Mr.. John Kelly, I'm told.
q sed to make each Of these officers pay
him $4,000 . yea for State politics.
In good years, such as that after tho
sale by the Board Of Aldermen OF the
Broadway franchise, the aldermanic ONCE
was much sought after. Aldermanic
candidates were assessed from els 10 e25
for each election district. Candidates for
Congress- pay from S25 TO so for each
election district Candidates for judicial
ohiccs have paid as high AZ eoO.00o The
assessment paid by the Comptroller in
the last election was $4,000. Mayor
Hewitt paid $4,000 apiece TO the County
Democracy n 10 Tammany Hall, or "a
00 Mayor Edison paid, or there was
paid on his account, $1,000 each to
the County Democracy and TO Tam
many Hall, and 5000 70 Irving
Hall Mayor Grace paid $1,000 to the
County Democracy when he last ran. and
In 1850 he paid sl2,5 800 20 Irving Hall and
q, 500 to Tammany Hall. An average year
total Of eli. 200 paid in assess
ments. This, with the money distributed
by law, results in fifty-six voters in each
election district being under pay, or 45,fs5
In AL. Thus, at the last election, when
sl9. 9a2 votes were polled. over twenty per
cent Of all the voters received money Ia
one form or another for their el~ection-day
This total does not include the
printing. or the expenses OF the guberna-
torial elections In Presidential pears